Chapter 24

Why does my heart feel so heavy? The man who held her that morning, the man who promised her compensation, was merely taking pleasure in toying with her. She had misjudged him; David's smile was always half-true, half-false.

Bitterly smiling at the two people who were mocking her, she thought, fine, let them do as they please. She never expected to stay long at the Andersons' anyway. If Mrs. Sophia had allowed her to leave today, would she still be here? They bought her only to hurt her. This is how wealthy people are—extremely abnormal in their minds!

Mother, would you really trade your daughter's happiness for your own? It's so heartbreaking. How could you treat her this way? She had originally planned to forget, but this kind of sadness is impossible to erase.

"Are you planning to just watch? Watch me until I'm exhausted, tortured to the point of passing out in front of you? Ha, well then just watch, since you all have a penchant for this sort of thing."